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EASTER TERM 2025
 

28 May, 1pm (Clare Hall, Meeting Room)

Talk by Mika Perälä (Helsinki) “Epagōgē and archai in Aristotle’s ethics” (if you wish to attend, please contact Laura Castelli: lc918@cam.ac.uk)

 

29 May, 5pm (Faculty of Classics, Room 1.11) B Club: Naly Thaler

 

2 - 5 June, May Week: Theophrastus's Metaphysics

 

6 June (Faculty of Classics, Room G.21 and online): Workshop on Ancient Philosophy of Mathematics

(Register here to receive the zoom link)

 

10 July, Conference Classics Beyond Borders

 

14 - 15 July, CRASSH: The therapeutic focus on the present: ancient philosophers in dialogue with modern clinicians

 

Latest news

The Kennedy Professorship of Latin

13 June 2025

The Board of Electors to the Kennedy Professorship of Latin invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship to take up appointment on 1 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. For more information see details here . Closing date: 8 September...

Masters Student wins Roman Society MA dissertation prize

28 May 2025

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Naomi Norden (King’s College) has won joint first place in the Roman Society MA dissertation prize for her 2024 MPhil thesis 'Creating complexity: Paratextuality and Intertextuality in the Works of Ausonius'. Congratulations Naomi!

St John's College Newell Lecture

27 May 2025

This year the St John's College Newell Lecture was delivered by Jackie Murray on the topic of Race and Injustice in Plato's Republic. You can watch a recording of the event here:

Marie Curie / BA postdoctoral fellowship schemes

19 May 2025

The Faculty of Classics invites potential applicants to the MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) and the British Academy’s Postdoctoral Fellowship schemes within areas relevant to our research clusters: Greek and Latin Literature, Greek and Roman Philosophy, Ancient History, C lassical Art and Archaeology, Classical and...